Atomic Dipole Squeezing Properties of Λ-type Three-level At om Interacting with Single-mode Coherent Field

By using the full quantum theory,the time evolution of atomic dipole squeezing parameters of a Λ-type three-level atom interacting with a single-mode coherent cavity field is investigated.The influence of the initial coherent-field intensity,the initial atomic coherence,the initial populations on the two lower atomic levels and their energy splitting on the atomic dipole squeezing are studied.Results show that the amount of dipole squeezing increases while the duration of dipole squeezing decreases with increasing initial field intensity.In the case of degenerate lower atomic states maximum dipole squeezing is reached when the two states have equal initial phases and equal populations.Exchange of initial populations in the lower atomic states does not influence time evolution of diploe squeezing.Atomic energy level splitting is helpful to dipole squeezing generation under certain conditions.